(Greek ⟨λ⟩ also has an IPA number, 295, but is not used in IPA).Īccented non-decomposable Latin and Cyrillic capital letters For instance, the Greek letters included in the IPA are roman adaptions as the ordinary shape of the Greek letter β does not harmonize with roman type, in the IPA it has been given the form β …” Apart from ⟨β⟩ may can also concern Greek ⟨θ⟩ and ⟨χ⟩, depending on font design. As principle 3 of the “Handbook of the International Phonetic Association” (1999:159) states: “… The non-roman symbols of the IPA have, as far as possible, been made to harmonize with the roman letters.
I propose to add a stylistic set for IPA.Ī) use the two-storey U+0061 ⟨a⟩ in all styles, even italic, to maintain the imperative distinction between basic Latin ⟨a⟩ and ⟨ɑ⟩ of Unicode’s “IPA Extensions block”.ī) use the preferred IPA glyphs where appropriate.
